Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
FAIRMONT.
Society, Personal and business Matters II
FairmOnt.

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FAIRMoNT, w. Va, January 32.-EX-
| State Senator FOntiine Smith met with
quite a serious accident yesterday morning.
lie arose early, before day, 10 take the
accommodation train for the west, so rs Ia
make close connections for New Martins
Vile, and while gong tn the depot in the
dark, walked OFF the high stone wall in
front of the residence of Jacob \. Gould.
on Bridge street. lie was i'll n hurry. ana
| thinking himself not much hurt, he went
on down Ia the train and started away.
On arriving at Burton, however, he
felt very sick and WAS taken
| off the train and attended To professionally
by DIR. Tom HaSkins, who sent him back
home again on the next train. The Scna-
tor is now at home, confined to his bed, his
arm badly bruised and other hurts about
his body from which he will recover in a
| short time. He says that the wall ut the
point where he went over is one hundred
feet high, or WAS for the time being, nj all
other points along its entire length it is
about five or six feet high.
Whccling's sparring combination is
booked for this place on Monday night
next. We have six saloons, four lunatics
in the county Jail, two rival temperance
unions, numberleSs old maids, politics and
the devil knows what, but the sluggers
will be too much for us; and they charge
us more than they do at Grafton, too.
Thomas II. Il. Staggers, the smartest
Republican politician III this county, is in
Charleston. The papers say he is bOodling
for some Democrat, but the impression
here is that if Flick cannot beat Golf for
the complimentary vote, Mr.. Staggers will
take it, and has gone to Charleston to be
prepared to accept it when they bring it
round.
4 number of other statesmen from here
are ut the seat of war and still there's
more TO follow"
James A. Haggerty and L. n. Arnett,
Jr., were in Parkersburg this week attend
ing to some legal business. They returned
here on Friday.
County Clerk, Thomas L. Carpenter, Is
confined to his bed with stomach trouble,
from which he is almost n constant suffer
er. He was better yesterday evening.
Nicholas Murphy, Jr., q driver employed
at Jackson's Central mines, met with a
painful accident n day this week. tie
was riding out on a loaded car and was
caught between the ear and the roof of the
mine, sustaining very painful, but not
dangerous, injuries.
Rev. Howard McQueary has severed his
connection with Christ i. F.. Church OF this
place, and will leave this week for Canton,
Ohio, where he has accepted work. He Is
n talented and eloquent young divine, and
We trust that his energy may secure for
him in his new field the recognition and
appreciation which he merits.
Miss Rosie Howes mas completed her
instructions in dancing. w did not learn
if she succeeded in organizing 4 new class.
Her patrons were all well pleased.
Dame Rumor hath it that OF of our
towns good women, a widow who has the
respect of the community, will shortly take
unto herself n Warrington man TO ''lOye,
honor and obey" Their many friends
are preparing congratulations and good
WiShef.
Another of the same sort, with the varia-
ton afforded by inexperience in such mat.
tens, is ON taps. These two are reliable.
The gosSips, according to Western nOmen
c~lature, have located several other claims
but operations will not begin until spring,
ID. L. Morrow, the shoe man, took bis